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They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!
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What it means
Our interpretation.
A throwaway piece of tracking dialogue that turned into the film's most replayed line. In the scene it is plot, a hunter reading a trail; online it became a punchline, thanks to a 2005 video that looped the line over a dance track until it stopped being about the plot at all. Fans now use it as a deadpan answer to any question about where something or someone has gone.
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In context
Spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersShow the scene
In The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002), Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli are racing across Rohan after the Uruk-hai who captured Merry and Pippin at the end of the first film. Aragorn calls up to Legolas and asks what his elf eyes can see. Legolas, scanning the distance, reports that the Uruks have turned northeast and gives the destination: Isengard, the stronghold of the wizard Saruman.
Sources (3)
- Wikiquote: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)Dialogue sectionReference checked
- Wikipedia: They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengardlead and OriginReference checked
- LOTR Wiki: The Two Towers (film)plot summaryReference checked
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